| An Absolute Scandal: An Absolute Scandal: A Novel Contributor(s): Vincenzi, Penny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0767926269 ISBN-13: 9780767926263 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, "An Absolute Scandal" follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.34" W x 8.06" (0.92 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An inside view of the greed and social power plays behind the closed doors of upper-crust society, An Absolute Scandal looks at a world where money isn't everything . . . sometimes, it's the only thing. And when the money disappears in the thick of a financial crisis, the real story begins.For Nigel Cowper, this means the destruction of his family business; his wife, Lucinda, is willing to do everything she can to help him--except give up her irresistible lover. The powerful, charismatic banker Simon Beaumont and his equally successful wife Elizabeth lose everything they've worked so hard to acquire; but the ultimate tragedy is something that neither one could have anticipated. Yet the well-to-do are not the only ones whose lives are upended: a self-sufficient widow, a single mother, and a schoolmaster find that their lives are also turned upside down in this deliciously readable tale. |